AGENDA REPORT
DATE: September 23, 2024
TO: City Commission
FROM: Bill McDaniel, City Manager
SUBJECT: TAP's-LA Grant Funding and Expenses
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The City was awarded a grant from the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) through Technologies Applications Partnerships with Local Agencies (TAPs-LA). The initiative was developed to foster transportation innovations with local agencies such as the City. This is a partnership to incorporate and deploy Connected Vehicle (CV) technologies throughout local agencies within the State of Florida. Notable key attributes accomplished by this funding will be the completion of our traffic cabinet upgrade project and City-wide emergency vehicle preemption deployment.
RECOMMENDATION:
That the City Commission execute the Joint Participation Agreement (JPA) with FDOT for the TAP's-LA grant funding of $561,000.
That the City Commission authorize the City Manager to execute the following purchases:
• 17 Signal Cabinets for $412,828 utilizing FDOT APL Bid DOT-ITB-24-9098-SJ
• 13 EVP Devices for $70,382 utilizing FDOT APL Bid DOT-ITB-24-9098-SJ
• 14 RSU's for $77,740 utilizing Seminole County Contract IFB-604689-23/LNF
FISCAL IMPACT:
This item was not budgeted, therefore a budget adjustment is included in the agenda packet to appropriate $561,000 to CIP # TR008 - Traffic Signal Cabinet Upgrade.
Prepared by: Fred Baxter, Traffic Operations Manager